Re: XFS Query....

[Seth Mos <knuffie@xs4all.nl>]

At 22:04 22-1-2003 -0800, Arindam Dey wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>This is the first time i used XFS. I installed it
>using the RedHat 7.3 installer provided by SGI.
>
>I am facing the following problem -
>
>Whenever any file is edited and viewed immedaitely
>after that it shows the changes, everything is hunky
>dory till here. But on hard shutdown immediately after
>that and on booting up the file has been changed to a
>one line data file with junk stuff in it.

This is the NULL files issue. It is explained in detail in the FAQ.
http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/faq.html#nulls

You could also try using a newer release like the 1.2pre5 which is 
currently out.

Cheers

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Seth
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